cyclamen

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cyclamen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cyclamen \Cyc"la*men\ (s?k"l?-m?n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     kykla`minos, kyklami`s.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed
     rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so
     reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called rabbits' ears
     . It is also called sow bread, because hogs are said
     to eat the corms.
     [1913 Webster]

cyclamen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cyclamen
      n 1: Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for
           its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and
           nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed
           petals [syn: cyclamen, Cyclamen purpurascens]